Internet Solutions partners with icolo.io to enhance its Data Centre Services Offering
Converged ICT Services Provider Internet Solutions has signed a partnership with IT infrastructure company, icolo.io, to boost its data centre and cloud services offering to their clients.
The partnership will see Internet Solutions provide colocation and cloud services within iColo’s Nairobi and Mombasa data centres in addition to its existing Nairobi Chancery facility. iColo.io designs, builds and operates state of the art carrier neutral data centers to serve a broad spectrum of clients.
Speaking during the signing, Internet Solutions’ Executive Head of Cloud and Business Consulting Richard Muthua said in this era of a data driven economy, it is important that businesses keep their data safe, secure and readily available when needed.
“It is with this knowledge that Internet Solutions continues to provide, amongst other solutions, data management and colocation through our network of data centers across Africa and globally. With this agreement, our clients stand to benefit from a fully managed colocation service, in a vendor agnostic, Tier 3 / PCI DSS/ISO 27001 certified data centre, leading to enhanced operational resiliency” he said.
Muthua noted that Internet Solutions will also provide the option of fortifying client’s environment with the firm’s world class monitoring as a service that include Security monitoring and incident response, managed security services, Voice, Cloud PBX, managed data backup solutions, Business continuity and disaster recovery services, private, Hybrid and public cloud solutions.
Commenting on the partnership, iColo.io Chief Executive Officer Ranjith Cherickel said: “We are proud to be IS’s infrastructure partner in building world class connectivity products to serve enterprise consumers in Kenya. Our role is to provide services to a variety of new and existing customers. In addition, we help create an environment for IS to interact with content delivery networks, enterprise customers and global connectivity partners. This agreement between IS and iColo.io is a step further, in providing a world class client-centric enterprise experience.”
With Internet Solutions and iColo working together, clients can now benefit from lower costs and improved resilience by securely housing their information systems and networking equipment in the facilities which are operated to global best practices by the two organisations.
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